INFRARED CAMERA

XenICs has released the XS-FPA, a robust, easy-to-use digital IR camera that produces 14-bit images at a frame rate of 60 Hz. The device covers the 0.9- to 1.7-µm spectral range using an array of 320 × 256 pixels set at a 30-µm pitch, and features a pixel operability ratio of 98% and an optical fill factor of >99.9%. Exposure time is adjustable from 1 µs to 8 ms at high gain, or to 200 ms at low gain. The camera, which operates from 0 to 35 °C, includes a 16-mm, f/1.4 C-mount lens and a compact 6-V, 0.8-A power supply.

A light-tight box that receives light from an object or scene and focuses it to form an image on a light-sensitive material or a detector. The camera generally contains a lens of variable aperture and a shutter of variable speed to precisely control the exposure. In an electronic imaging system, the camera does not use chemical means to store the image, but takes advantage of the sensitivity of various detectors to different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum. These sensors are transducers...